Pilot in plane crash identified

Tuesday

Nov 27, 2012 at 12:01 AM

The Record

SAN ANDREAS — The Calaveras County Coroner’s Office has identified a pilot killed when his single-engine plane crashed Friday near the Calaveras County Airport as Russell Hackler, 68, of Danville.Hackler was a well-known veterinarian practicing in Castro Valley. He was flying a home-built amphibious plane known as a Coot when it crashed.Hackler was the only person in the plane when it went down at 3:42 p.m. Friday less than a mile south of the airport near San Andreas, the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Department said in a written statement.